Posted on 05/30/2026 3:38:25 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
The rapid spread of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo has created a "deeply alarming" situation, the medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has warned.
Speaking two weeks on from the outbreak being declared, MSF Deputy Director Dr Alan Gonzales said never before had "so many cases" been recorded so soon.
His comments came as the head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, visited the eastern Congolese province of Ituri - the worst-hit area - to oversee virus containment efforts.
There are now more than 1,000 suspected Ebola cases in the DR Congo, and at least 246 deaths. Neighbouring Uganda has reported nine confirmed cases and one death.
"Two weeks after the declaration of the Ebola disease outbreak in Ituri Province, the situation is deeply alarming," Gonzalez said in a statement on Saturday.
"Never before has an Ebola outbreak recorded so many cases so soon after its declaration," he said, stressing his teams on the ground were "witnessing a response that has not yet caught up to the rapid spread of the epidemic".
"The reality today is that nobody knows the true scale and severity of this outbreak. New suspected cases are being reported daily, yet hundreds of samples remain untested."
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’ Never before has an Ebola outbreak recorded so many cases so soon after its declaration... ‘
Considering the time lapsed between the initial case and the announcement, the virus is well into a minor exponential daily increase in cases.
WHO is useless.
So I guess every border crossing in the region is shut down and all airports are closed. /s
The spread is due to ignorance of the native population not understanding basic hygiene as related to isolation of the Ebola victim. This most unfortunately is a self inflicted disease.
Being concerned about this is Racis’....
Take the vaxx. Wear a mask.
It will be blamed on USAID being shut down.
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is not a part of the World Health Organization (WHO). MSF is an independent international non-governmental organization (NGO) that operates free of any political, military, or religious agendas, and its activities are not connected to any UN agencies.
Only way, nuke it from space
I’m old enough to remember the Monkey Pox panic
But they are majority Commie I assume?
I'm sure we will soon hear that this spread is because we stopped funding through USAID.
Seems like the mvast majority of NGOO’s are desigend to bleed off America’s wealth, that’s for certain. Thus, they more likely are connceted to communsm.
NO GO.....
Médecins Sans Frontières is what MSF stands for.
Jeux Sans Frontières
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xZmlUV8muY
It’s been so long sinceI’ve heard that song, I had forgotten all about that song. 😁🤙
If you could stop embracing the infected corpses that would be great…mmmmkay?
Africa wins again.
nuke ‘em from space: it’s the only way to be sure ...
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